title: Interviewing for alleged abuse in the residential treatment center.
abstract: Investigations of institutional abuse reports rely heavily on ex post facto interviewing. In this article, indices of plausibility are discussed as the basis for more reliable inferences in the absence of physical evidence.
authors.affiliation: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsushima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012114:Residential Treatment